I Have a Wealth Gathering Array-Chapter 277: Shortlisted Entries

"Come on, Brother Qin, here’s a toast to you!" Zhou Yang said with a smile in the restaurant. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

Qin Yun raised his glass and asked, "How’s it going? Did Li Ting’s affection for you skyrocket?"

Hearing this, Zhou Yang felt a bit helpless and said, "I don’t know."

Even after helping Li Ting before, there wasn’t much difference in how she treated him compared to before.

"Take it slow," Qin Yun said with a smile.

Looking at Qin Yun, Zhou Yang suddenly asked, "By the way, how are things between you and Xiao Lan?"

In the past, the relationship between Qin Yun and Xiao Lan was obviously not ordinary, and there even seemed to be a tendency for them to be together, but later it seemed to cool down.

Even when the group gathered, they acted very calmly.

Qin Yun shook his head without saying anything.

Since the last phone call, he hadn’t contacted Xiao Lan alone.

Thinking about it carefully, perhaps he and Xiao Lan weren’t suitable for each other.

Seeing Qin Yun’s expression, Zhou Yang didn’t say much more. He thought for a moment and said, "By the way, our high school group chat is buzzing about you now."

Even though high school was over, their class naturally had a group chat.

Besides Zhou Yang, Zhang Xiaoya, Xiao Lan, and others studying in Jinling, there were naturally other classmates of Qin Yun’s, like Zhou Zijun, whom they had met at the barbecue place last time.

Those people definitely knew about Qin Yun’s news, and once it was shared in the group chat, the group chat for Class 18 of Qingwu County First Middle School went wild.

To think they had such an impressive classmate! Less than a year after graduating high school, and he had accomplished so much.

Many regret not getting close to him back in high school when Qin Yun’s personality was rather sullen and his grades were just average. In high school, top grades were king, and they were the ones getting all the attention; not many played well with Qin Yun.

Now that Qin Yun was successful, it wasn’t easy for them to reconnect.

"Class group chat?"

Qin Yun had joined a few groups, but he rarely checked the messages, especially when there were 99+ unread messages.

"Now many people are waiting for the summer break to get together, and they said they must invite you to join," Zhou Yang said.

Qin Yun smiled but didn’t say anything.

He truly wasn’t interested in these kinds of reunions; he hadn’t attended the one during the winter break because his attendance or absence didn’t affect the class in any way.

Now that he was impressive, the class reunion insisted on having him there.

Go to the reunion to show off? Qin Yun wasn’t interested.

"You’re quite the celebrity now."

Zhou Yang marveled, "The biggest buzz at our school now is about the clothing design contest you’re organizing! Every time I eat in the cafeteria, I overhear people talking about it."

"The more attention, the better. Otherwise, what’s the point of holding the contest?" Qin Yun said with a smile.

...

The Celestial Fortune Clothing Design Contest was underway, and just one day after the application deadline, the shortlisted clothing designs were finally revealed!

"Quick, check if my clothing design made it!"

"Out of tens of thousands of designs, 500 made it through, that’s odds of just a few percent."

After the results were out, everyone was paying close attention.

This was a contest with real prize money!

If someone won the grand prize, they’d receive fifty thousand in cash!

Even the consolation prize came with a three-thousand cash reward!

For college students who hadn’t yet entered the workforce, three thousand was quite a bit, and fifty thousand was a fortune—enough for four years of tuition, something difficult for many to earn in a year of work.

And considering the number of contestants, the odds of winning weren’t too low.

...

At Jiangyuan University, in Xu Xiaomo’s dorm room.

At this moment, everyone in her dorm was glued to the computer screen.

"The shortlist results are coming out."

"Do you think Xiaomo’s work will make it?"

"It will, for sure! Xiaomo’s clothing designs are so beautiful. If her designs were made and sold in stores, I’d definitely buy them."

The dorm mates were chatting animatedly.

As they were talking, someone refreshed the page, and finally, the list of shortlisted works appeared on the computer screen.

At the same time, Xu Xiaomo’s phone received a message from Celestial Fortune.

"Congratulations, Xu Xiaomo, your design has made it."

"I see Xiaomo’s design! I knew she could do it!"

At this moment, the short-haired girl Huohuo exclaimed excitedly, "I’m voting for Xiaomo right now."

Being dorm mates, she would naturally vote for her own.

"Where is it?" the others asked.

Huohuo replied, "It’s number thirteen."

"No, it’s not."

"The number thirteen I have isn’t Huohuo’s design."

Two of them quickly chimed in.

As for another dorm mate who heard them, she sighed and said, "Did you not read the voting rules? Everyone’s order of designs is random on their computer, even on the same computer, if you log in with a different account, the order will be shuffled."

"Oh, I see."

"That’s good, it prevents people from rigging the votes."

Hearing the girl’s explanation, the others in the dorm all nodded.

Xu Xiaomo’s family was poor and couldn’t afford to buy votes.

The dorm mates continued searching, and after a while, they finally found Xu Xiaomo’s design and cast a vote for it.

They were good friends, so they were willing to spend the time to search manually.

If they weren’t that close, asking others to help search might not be welcome.

"Hey, I voted, but why hasn’t Xiaomo’s votes gone up?"

Just then, Huohuo spoke up with urgency, "Is there something wrong with the webpage? Did it eat my vote?"

She fussed and refreshed the page again.

"Huohuo, I suggest you read the voting rules."

Upon hearing what Huohuo said, another girl in the dorm sighed and said, "The votes of the 500 shortlisted entries aren’t shown to the public; only the contestant themselves can see their votes and ranking."

The Celestial Fortune Network Department ultimately decided to hide the vote counts because although there were many designs and the order was shuffled, showing the votes would render the shuffle pointless.

Not to mention, when you enter the voting page, people naturally focus on those with the most votes, as that’s the first impression.

And based on that impression, they’re very likely to cast their vote for those with the most votes because they think it has the best chance of winning the grand prize, and if they participate in that, they might benefit the most too?

So, hiding the vote count ensures that votes aren’t based on subjective impressions but rather on what the voter truly likes, making it fairer.

"Only the contestants can see their own votes?"

"Xiaomo, quickly log in to your account and check your ranking!"

After hearing the girl speak, Huohuo and the others urged eagerly.

The girl who knew the rules smiled and said, "I’ve already voted and logged out. Xiaomo, you can log in using my computer."

Xu Xiaomo didn’t have a computer.

"Thanks, Sister Wan,"

Xu Xiaomo said gratefully, moving to the computer to enter her name and phone number on the login page.

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